Sleep problems in the community elderly as predictors of death and nursing home placement

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 123-135

  Pollak, Charles P ^a   Perlick, Deborah ^b   Linsner, Jerome P ^b   Wenston, John ^b   Hsieh, Frank ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; SLEEP INDUCTION; SLEEP PATTERN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0024999542     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01321316     Document Type: Article

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